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BEGINNING BoLLr.

Tho only outfit player, requires is four
There Is besides these one little ball about half
rs large. When game is to be begun all the
players assemble at one end Of the ground.
One OF them losses the little ball into the
middle OF the plot Wherever It happens to
come to rest Il serves as the mark for subse-
Quont plays. Tho whole object Of the game is
to roll your balls 30 that they shall rest as near
as possible to the object ball II foul. ployers
are in the game they play on sides, and one OF
them after rolling out the little ball. sends one
from his four big ones after 1t. An opponent
plays next, and It depends upon the success
Of the first play as to what he shall try to do.
II the first player did not have good luck
the second usually rolls very gently.
beside the object ball. With each play
tho Samo becomes moro complicated. The
third man secs two play balls beside the OBJ
ject ball on the ground. If he can play SO as
to leave his ball touching the object ball 1t
will count him two points; unless some subse-
nuent player disturbs their positions. 1t may
be his opponent has made Just that play: 1t Is
then the third players design to hit his enc
mv's ball and knock It clear to the further sido
OF the ground. he may succeed In doing this
and he may not. He may. instead accidental
ly hit the object ball and send 1t clear to the
further boundary. That will make 1t necessary
for the succeeding PLAYS to be made with refer
ence to tho new position of the OBJECT ball. for
no points arc considered until the end Of the
game. when the distances of all play balls from
the object ball arc measured and points al
lowed to the side that has como the nearer
with the greater number Of balls.
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not get cents for dollars invested they began 2 dis
II S :s wary s sss
they lost N Ramsey was sold,"
irrrRsArrorAL LEAGUE MOTIFS.
II "a related that GIts pitcher WHO Lost nys gsmes
ts ad i Rss psysa II as rssrtSe streak
will sa club q: S
1 %sss sIs DONG n 10. ssS upper
Tho clubs this year have too costly for some Of
ss. dozen have bsros sS
nfs he H"ociHtions Monk Gine o. Rochester who has
Joined tho Metropoiitans Is tho latest
% srs s.s /. H S
cs sur, When pne: sSS s SnR @ sS
da rS s"wns viii make apris"ion Troy hHs been
S s tasi viii rSsasy
the Toronto. VII, niss Ts
fourth 9ronos PLAYING strong And h have
s e "y @ VII ias
sn q m. f ssTs SsaF
Az asS1 sS S
only one at hons. Hamilton has been aiding Toronto
y beating all The 81 ohsr n ,ss S eSe
!" Carss.ne.. ." he par. q MANAGER sin%os Koch
% a sosa fsFss * s the
schedule win crippled s,ate: Just e save
In tho hnn score scranton ana WikehDnrre are pihyR
to their guarantees, and for no better reason
THEN AND NOW.
Once Chicago fondiy trusted
In her nine well adjusted;
Trusted they would win the flag
Win and bear II homo like men,
Multitudes OF friends assembled;
Cheered until the landscape trcmbled,
Midst them like granite crag.
There,
Tail and fair.
Stood the gallant Captain then.
But at last that nine was mustered
Then the Captain blew and buHteredi
Mustered TIL the air was blue
Biustered loud and beat his brow;
Browbeat also those who feared him,
TIL Mt last no person cheered HIM
Breg thus always gets Its due.
Say,
BY the way.
Whore Is Captain Arson now
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The various complications give room for q
lot of fine points. Carroming on tho rail IL O
common play and. II a player understands the
lay OF the ground thoroughly; Il an interesting
or SO directly In front OF the object ball. To
play against It will be likely 70 knock the object
the plays Of his partners But 1t is possible to
carrom against the rail SO that your ball will
roll gently Into the space between your enemy
and the object ball. You must moi. understand
that we can always make such MAY. but II is
enough to make it worth while to try 1t.
A much more interesting play and one that
requires 4 great deal Of skill is to drop your
ball upon another In, such q way that tho hit
ball shall roll of a long distance, while your
restricted as to tine manner OF sending his ball.
1t may be rolled gently, or tossed, or hurled
chance for a considerable variety Of play. and
the development Of great accuracy, II seems
to me vastly superior to bowling, and fully the
equal OF lawn tennis as O game Of skin and an
outdoor, healthy exercise and diversion. I
wonder that Americans do not take IL up, as
they have so many other foreign games"
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1roN rlnrrNe.
NJ. Pesen's nfstheds with the nfg Cess-cen-
e,iiasien. Net Ceercisa-

ron ~ SATURDAY. Rsrssso.
NJ. Pezon, who has Just retired from buel-
ness was with ons exception he grsaMte9t , iiop
so tas xSa to esocss hs
S %Sss Sses In .
L ihS ssil,iss ssns dsy oGssIIsSn
o %ssSa aRf a ss Ss that
he could not manageseo well. Kindness. it
seems, does not appeal to the tiger: whether ama
SrueIty n. Pesop would not use. nii he had.
he would probably have failed. inc eaperi.
s enc snns q Ehe
pldfty y. but thsS cannot into clever
by any sort Of beast. from the dancing dog
which Dr. johnson ungallaney c2mrsaIrGe So9 osn
hamod may &c esoyed With
ous S spsotstor they cannot have involved any
s nnd thsy nave On p saG given
deal OF pleasure In the process Of acquisition.
aDs when sS ssSo f S.sn a. nc the ss
ss s 'e of anything TR4 living xSsh not also
shake off. even at the dictates Of morality p
e. s ssrs SrSyaea e not ther
agree with Bottom, that there is not u more
fearful wild fowl than iao your lion W SSng S Sna
s fs 81 tSs sppsrsiop q she devil 6o Nas 81
nm t him. but
draminivorous,s ae, observed. and went on
asR o Psson fssd lDs
panied him his wake e. vsrsaePs g5sadt sy
spis ns ' ts nnwerthY panic Which he can
see no reason. His lion IL quite harmless, and
he erpects the public to know that as VOL as
sver pallpted osTpsecio hss poTtraysa TIE gro;
tesque alarm q the monks when 81. , Jerome
premises are dotted with cowled figures but II
Is evident that in half o minute the coast VII
ioSRdea i W may believe S Bs S3 Th aIso
made The he @
cat after e ali pd s Edn bis
The cat grown heavy is cat still. and cats. as
nto it Be that sers
ferent kinds Of cats and that the polecat. for
VIZ Il problem which n may Rs h yar Ioss
os ,has
would have had no difficulty In answering the
Question. He would have said: THE lion Is
the king Of beasts. The Frenchman is the king
Of men. Lot the nations tremble when the Inn
however, though he dislikes tigers. does not
eonfne his attentions to lions. He puts forth
him, and harkens to his word. It Is like our
human conceit to call the elephant sagacious
II he were really sagacious, and not merely
or rather his paw, and We miserable mortals
should fee before him. Il N. Pez9n takes his
avoid the danger OF being bored which 6esets
all ex.celebritfes and will not follow the OK.
ample OF the retired tallow chandler, who felt
himself compelled to revisit scenes OF past de-
Light on melting days.
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Possible victories Of the stars H. The Vernons possibs

Possible victories Of the Starr IL The vernons possible
club. are now coming down he honssireteh, Vide
syh' Is e Rss
Bowling along e. high rate Of speed but T,s plenty ?,
MY .nS hs
GouStess come in ahead The BossOn scrub Il humping
Tho Ja sper Club OF Manhattan College has been reor-
f X M s ss. !. "a
SSsssa:s sssssSsi SsSsi,y 'sS.tii$.s rss
4, asaSSsa; 5ssss;srsi !; Sra$y Hsssss1 J.
esas
Scorer g. ". Ahern The Jaspers would be- pleased 20
Ss .ddrsssed 70 E. Renshan asahatsan College, sA0u
Manage, Tskn. sf the Dstsoi. Club sent the follow
RaII Associaon: f''''oen' VI tue AHA '"s0
am going 20 San Francisco this fall with my team.
10 your eitr way out about Noy. ioi have the
f .sy put IS 's sna
arat base Brouthsrs second base Dunlap third base
SsHny ssp
nsy FOR batting base running fielding or anything
.s5ns saHs, scaes tho plate y srisisaI tine hs
5 Ss sns a. IL MI in S I via
pitch. Then he calls TO Flint % stay hack and at
ns sfs ama s s NC to h the
plays him for 9. he shoots three good balls over tue
tho III q.
ward attempt to hit it and retires to the bench.
In sa % s: e. the
PoRtmsn not only to oprseiyes but to 9r patrons and
Soy that; me % the team fss almost much %.
pressed and shaEsnsd oyer their n 'acSs., ss !, DO
e. 6s..s. than last year that Es. very soSd that
relatives and friends ali over Tie county We nave bad
some weak spots y ths team but the chapter OF aeSi
best men has entered largely IN SIinslss about dossat
Smiths panfal accident which aepriyss US q big SCI.
Young 9tieEson !. doing hard work at short but he
naissds release 30 ihs release takes siset
YORK On oe Msas az new % Ssa
ton OF che aanta 81 year. old and born IN Ho
n sss
I sa aS s'H " Vi. ss
R9; IL: ss S
s o. the SsS England hsaEus H. can play saywsr
good Rv shird sa:s%sn eod
bsen AZ Tho Sss s7s times and made III hts an average
q Sii onq hits he mas msais 10 doa6ts sshs M.
" !mss As pHse rsGer s stands gromi3Esn %iil Il
aedins average Is IA He eight U Ssa1s
ginning nys and losing tive With one lied President
The LoutsvIs oosMsroia says. The local base ball
Club obtain the services Of Tom Ramsey thu
lefthanded pitcher on the diamond. Negotiations for
" .' s. ss Z. el
eouTagng prospect Tor getting him IL Ia believed that
he would be steadier in Indianapolis than he ever
will DO il Louisville Ramsey makes indianapolis his
home, lIc nrst came TO Tho front M pitcher
IN riainncld. a shnr, distance from hers. TIE
gschSs beng kngeksd on: sn4 - PLAYER S9ils 10 %
from other Association CrIbA The foregoing il Il
telegram sent out from indianapolis just to settle the
city would not submit % the disgosa OF Tom Ramsey
and again President Phelps aud the directors expect
win the championship next season. and Tom Ramsey
Wln halp than oak ia L0aisylIls manAasmsas could
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Arrow Th-owIns-A Yorkshire sport
From. the ST. JaH,es's GaIeu,

"Yorkshireman" sends to the Standard the
which we referred on Monday. Tho YORKSHIRE arrow
distance, and mot in aiming at mark the ground from
twenty yards apart radatins from the centre stand
branches or twiss stuck into Tie ground and called
Winning the match, say, out OF .eoas thirty or
asseas but very similar 70 the used In modern
archery though without any feathers at the base
metal at the point It's generally made OF light soft
wood varying In length from TO three feet uecord
In. the fancy ~ tho thrower II Ii rather thicker at
the loint than the blse and sometimes h rn,de OF two
kinds nf wood box being used for i've point and
willow for the haze The method OF throwing Ia As fol
lows; The "throwcr" takes stout piece ot whipeora
yard and half In length knot being tied At one
end form button" round which the cord u
"hitched.n after having been passed round the
base end Of the arrow and few inches from that end
the cord "a then brought down % the point
which tho thrower holds In his hand the cord being
perfectly light and parallel to the arrow TO prevent u
slipping from the button" knot at thslbase until 10
Ii released In the Of throwing The "throSer than
passes the remainder Of the cord round hishand IN
der to insure better grip and taking run OF sever
al yards bowler does AT cricket throws the arrow
with Jerk. overland one would throw Q ball or
stone tho cord slipping from the arrow md ever the
knot the necessary impetus given really
expert "throuer' win generally throw ia match ~
leaE' from maze IN eleven tc1rcir- no to TO yards
every throw his sJrrsIeaehing as Rish rs thirteen
fourteen "scoss"
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REEDS CHECKER PLAYING.
Pittssursh's Pheno aeuon Puzzlins tho Crack
Chicago Players.

Chieaso Players.
From the CAscaoo Maui
At the headquarters Of the Chicago Checker
Club q deeply Interested crowd Of lovers OF this
scientific game has gathered every day for the
U.tins he es s'q Iced ae h
In asase
simultaneously, and with his eyes bindfolded.
Lat nhs IN The fSsrs Of 4a sr
either OF the four boards. His opponents were
The -four wers
msIe he
the man who was to play against them oil.
boards. Mr.. Reed announced that he would
play the whites lie nd then s the ssss
n not to Reed. The latter directed q move
in reply. and then passed on to board No. 2
and so on to board 4.
Returning to the first board the player
moved again. and the man in the corner moved
All through the game: or rather four ~. games
which he quickly retracted;
IT move there. " he said, III get the worst
"No. You won't" said the player at the hoard.
" You could move 10 and come out even."
mo. couldn't" said Reed, and, sitting as he
WAS in the corner, ten feet away from tho board
and with his back to it. he went five or six
moves ahead. and showed his opponent and
those who were looking on that the move which
he had taken back was mistake.
5 Any person familiar with the game Of check-
ers can see what q wonderful feat OF memory
It Is to direct game on four boards at once.
Not only must the player remember the last
move made by himself and his opponent. but
he must keep each board In his mind and study
out the probable moves OF his opponents.
OF the four games Reed won three, failing
only on board four, where IN old checker an
thusiast was playing game he learned forty
skilful players Of the present day whom 1t Is
brought out against them the first time.
Reed is % years old and q native OF Pitts
hurgh. He won local fame there as q checker
player when mere boy, being at that time q
carrier for the Pittsburgh Leader. He is q small
mar, with shoulders slightly stopped and sharp,
III have played checkers" he said to the Nail
reporter, all my life, and never get tired Of
1t. Ihaye played as high as ten games stimuli
taneously and won seven. / have also played
both checkers and chess at the same time"
About year ago Mr.. Reed went to Europe
and spent several months In England and Scot
land. In all the principal cities and towns
there he failed to find ANYBODY who could van
quish him. Next week he will so to Boston to
play for the championship Of America. His
opponent will be Samuel ID. Barker, who has
held the championship for some time.
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'In one respect shuttle board Is like base
ball-the poorer the play the faster the score
runs up. The good player applies his efforts
to running his opponents score as well ns to
increasing his own. and between two skilful
mon game drags along at the rat OF about
plays last generally makes the only point. Tho
opponents piece of the board. and does It
most every time. For example: A plays and
leaves his piece inside the space that counts
two. D plays and knocks that piece over the
place. A then does the same thing, and each
piece goes of that way until BIS last play. when
he knocks Off AS fourth piece. and leayes his
own to count. II one of them fails to remove a
piece, that piece will DO protected on tho next
play by his opponent, who sends along weight
to stop about two feet behind It In direct line.
1t is pretty difficult to got both OF these Off at
are pretty sure to glance when they meet. II
the forward piece happens to be q ship. the OPP
ponent may try to curve his weight around the
protecting piece, Just as pitcher curves q
ball. and SO knock it of leaving his own In its
place. But that is difficult and requires very
accurate work.. A .tlrst-class player. however,
seldom gives his adversary chance to protect
aPieee. ,.x ,,.
shot along n 32-foot board and made to stop
Just short OF the end Is surprising to novice.
The piece Is grnsped around the edge by the
ends of the fingers. and the thumb being
directly behind gives the propelling force.
the right amount Of force Is Impaired to the
swing Of the forearm. II another piece Is to be
hit. a little more force Is required in order to
allow for the loss OF motion by the impact. To
knock a ship of and leave q ship In It's place is
very fine playing. and 1t Is not often achieved.
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DomcatIe Affairs.

Brooklyn Husband Ito wife)-Have you your
household accounts for the week made up, my dearf
Brooklyn wfe-Yes We owe the grocer nine forty and
the butcher i've sixty Then there Is coming half
pound OF butter Mrs Smith the way, three
eggs from Mrs Jones around the corner quarter Of
pound OF from MIRA Robinson door bushel OF
coal from the Tomknses the street above and do
wish you would 20 and get coffee pot from Mrs
Brown She's had 1t since yesterday.
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clpiS's money, and Of. tho aames two or four
Will BIO played In Cleveland and Cipcinnnti and
s nI largo az q ,oS Ts
bus. Cincinnati made cheap blum Tor tne
seres IN the spring whom ts team ,n wac h st fis
Cleveland has improved and, with one Or t tNyS
wit s9 syrscuse bufslo. and Rochestor 81 tho
International League. and with Chicago. Do
ts and S ing az Ss Ass
citation meeting was remarkable, md. although
Il ia known that the vote on tho percentngc
systcG o wss Tbe PSado hGn Scheme
b buried hasn't eloo%ed forth r. detail iSugb yet 4
smacks Of GRADED salaries and pooling Of
players, practical mon declare that II is feasl-
Ss s Sa u ana espof 81 hoped
that 1t will, The game needs II.
One OF the newest eISmsnts snas enso ar hs o'
teams, Is completely secret set 81 signs be.
tween the pitcher and catcher. Some OF ne
season season has been caused BY some ono in the
opposing team discovering the system OF
and what sHrp u ssssss
cause Of this, aud. soma, bat;erio. arc now
h na aSSH' f To- o. aasne has
has Weylung and weidman. Cub" Stricken
has knaSk e reading sgns and i swSySs o oR
expect IS% u Bali. Knowing that. the chances Of
dominate. to- Tn In these days the discovery Of
signs means the loss of q game.
BASE BALL NOTES.
The end of the season 10 near at hand.
Ward has fell on In batting 80 has Herman.
Ono or two moro good catchsrs the Indians need
Nicol of Cincinnati stole eight bases on Thursday.
The Cuban Giants and Monitors Monitor Park to-day
BY any means -.
s. ne 's''.'' ., A,m'', .ss
Club viii G or viii not ' 70 INTO the League
The r.lss.. the professional player. BY the Staten
''anu ,,s.o n, ns. =, h,, ,,.
III sS. average e.. ,s ',s:Ss o.
s 'sss%a i: :s s.
Club again until the worlds championship series BEGIN
so many players who viii benefit tho team at all
Tho Metropoli.ans ben. the record during the pas.
sa vnn ~ yy.suitss In M rnns " ''1 s' " 'e
There will be A large number of good ball players In
e. afPs :s%Hs and some
It p!sln ssy Viii there
'uss now anu sun 'ney oAnno, WIN
recognizable when the opens But few Of
the .ssn vi. ON tn, Cincinnati
IN eslied down His uncsntiemany tSif and ACTON:
while at play are getting 70 be iiresomc.
p...,., p-r,. a, 81. uroot,,r c,,h 1. nm en-. ,ooN
out for player what he wants i men Who can bal
anu run, ne uo0s NJ, o..o LUZ .u' Usa''s
The failure Of the Indianapolis Club to win on 40
Leaguers" and tho other tho Moss Agatcs"
Awelknown base ball lover In this city has ordered
large football which he Will present 70 tho New YofkA
with the request that they practice batting att
the New Yorts would get second plaza They viii have
10 do some hnrp work 10 come out third from the iooks
~ thinos now
p,.. 49, p..x,-, ,..,,.. .r,,,s a. d. .X
care az Nj Mace on the team or he Will and hmsef
IN NV N Snnf v;th
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nj. oh Franz has had such with
nitiss th0SGAt y deserved Vssy MA VlAoAr
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I'm Route for Europe.
Daughter watching the sea gullsI-Do tho
sea guls accompany all the way across mammal
Mother--I know Of two OF them that do, my dear
your father and your uncle James They down below
now playing poker with strangerS-
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Rheumatism

Of uric acid. the nerves and muscles srs rsadsrsa
cold nader suoh conditions induces Rhsum Fog
wonders a. AYERS sAksArARILLA- II stimulates
the boodmskiag orsanA acts BEAUTIFULLY the nsss
this dstrsAainR complaint
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not get cents for dollars invested u they began 70 dts
poss OF their rstohss players and they ounht 20 know
H. Every player patron, and lover OF the RENE woulo
lump the management with hoth Feet every game
II RAmnaY nud.
Daily Republican., 1887-09-10
A Pom Picture of the switchbsck.

Mr.. Henry, In his history of the L.
high Valley. says OF this ride: "Up.
up we go, until the mountain tops
which Just now lowered above us, sink
into the valleys and be come pigmy
hills; and the whole face Of the sur
rounding country, In an immense cir
cult, opens under US like one vast flower
bed, enriched with all the glowing Rarb
Of Autumn and glittering In the sun
light, which itensities every beauty and
color.
Novel emotions crowd upon the
m ind, as the enchanting and exciting
scene unfo Ids itself with new and al
most appalling grandeur, as the summit
Is appr osched, and the soul is transport
ed with awe as the works OF the CreS.
tor stand out in their imposing con
trast TO our littleness, as We hang sus.
pended, as 1t were, in mid-air.
We have now reached the summit oil
Mount Pisgah, and attained an eleva
tion Of fifteen hundred q ,500) feel
above tide water.
And now what o glorious, what Q
sublime, what q varied landscape burstl
upon the enraptured vision"
! P. S.-The excursion to Maucl
Chunk viii 60 Thursday, October 18th
This time was appointed so as to enabl
the excursionists to see Mauch Chunl
arrayei In her Autumn grandeur. Tb,
m idd le of October Is the acknowledge;
time for visiting this lovely spot-earlie
than this, 4. Is too early and later tn
cars do not run up the Switchback, q
the season closes th8 18th of October
Remember the date, the 13tE of Oc 20
| ber.
Daily Republican., 1887-09-10
Dakota

South Dakota Territory has popula-
tion OF 600, 900, and yet the Democratic
ii ouss OF Representatives refuge to ad-
init 1t IS STATE, and why2 Simply
because 1t would be Republican Stale.
There never was new State admitted
from Territory with so large . popu-
istion. 1t has larger population than
two OF the original twelve States--Dela
ware and Rhode Island--lArger also
than than that Of Florida, Oregon, Ne.
vsda or Colorado at the present time.
It has more than double the population
fixed by law as the unit OF representa-.
tion In Congress, and three times the
average population With which Terri
tories have been admitted into the
Union as States. The last time the
question WAS before Congress the Demo.
cratic leaders had their partisan reasons
for not admitting Dakota under the
fl imsiest excuse ever resorted to. Ex-
Confederates charged that the psople Of
Sou.h Dakota had been guilty Of 'revo
lutionAry" conduct In attempting t.
form . State government without tn,
preliminary OF an enabling act by Con
gress. No doubt some other pretex
will be found when the question come
mp before Congress this winter. Th
door has already been slammed in Da
kotA's face on the eve OF Presidential
election, on the ground that that wa
not proper time to admit new States
1t may be that after . time South DA
kota will grow so great that the part
will be ashamed to Keep the doc
barred any longer, but the best way
insure her getting into the Union wi
be first to make the House Of Represel
tAtives Republican.